Guidance and Counselling
Guidance and
Counselling
Comprehensive Guidance and
Counselling
Comprehensive guidance and counselling programs and
services are systematically planned to meet the needs of all students and are
infused into the daily activities of schools.
- Comprehensive
guidance and counselling programs and services support student learning in
areas of personal/social, educational and career development.
- Comprehensive
guidance and counselling programs and services are inclusive; they respond
to the unique and special needs of all students from Kindergarten to Grade
12.
- Comprehensive
guidance and counselling programs and services provide a range of
guidance/counselling services from a developmental/preventive focus to a
responsive/remedial focus
- Four
types of services are provided: counselling, prevention, guidance
education, and consultation (see diagram below).
- School
Division Plans, Student Services Plans, and School Plans include guidance
and counselling services and programs. Plans for a comprehensive guidance
and counselling program include provisions for regular, systematic
identification of needs and priorities, specification of expected
outcomes, descriptions of activities, and identification of success
indicators. Guidance programs and services should be evaluated on a
regular basis. The provision of comprehensive guidance and counselling
programs and services is the shared responsibility of all staff. A team
approach should be employed, wherein all staff members have specified
roles to play. School counsellors play a key role in planning and
implementing programs and services
Guidance and Counselling
Planning for Comprehensive Guidance
and Counselling
Annual school division and school plans should include
the components of guidance and counselling. An effective guidance/counselling
program includes planned programs and activities, based on the needs of
students, that result in student outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills, and
attitudes in areas of personal/social, educational and career development.
Planning should include all four components of the comprehensive guidance and
counselling model.
Plans should address issues of diversity and inclusion
and should identify the range of programs and services to address diverse needs
of all students.
The process of planning should involve key
stakeholders, including students, school staff, families, and the community in
a meaningful way.
Planning for comprehensive guidance and counselling
programs and services should include:
- A
statement of vision and mission
- Identification
of priorities or key target areas
- Statements
of expected outcomes
- Strategies
and activities to achieve the outcomes
- Measurable
indicators of success (strategies for evaluating the effectiveness of
activities).
Special consideration in planning should be given to
the role of guidance and counseling in supporting and contributing to the six
priorities of Manitoba Education:
- Improving
outcomes especially for less successful learners
- Strengthening
links among schools, families and communities
- Strengthening
school planning and reporting
- Improving
professional learning opportunities for educators
- Strengthening
pathways among secondary schools, post-secondary education and work
- Linking
policy and practice to research and evidence.
Visit Manitoba K-S4 Education Agenda for Student Success
(2002-2006) for more information on the process of school planning.
Guidance and
Counselling
Four Components of Comprehensive
Guidance and Counselling
A comprehensive guidance and counselling program
includes four components. These components encompass services and programs
ranging from school-wide developmental programs and services (primary
prevention) to individual interventions, which include counselling, team
consultation, and referral to specialized student services and community
resources (secondary and tertiary prevention).
The four components are:
- Counselling
Counselling assistance supports and facilitates all students in developing and managing their individual personal/social, educational, and career goals and plans. The activities in this component include referrals, peer helping programs and individual, small group, crisis, and career counselling.
- Prevention
A comprehensive guidance and counselling program includes early intervention and responding to students who are experiencing immediate on-going problems, concerns, or crises which interfere with their learning. This component includes activities such as providing information, individual and small group counselling and guidance, consulting with staff and parents, and referral to other specialists or services. Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention plans and programs individual assessments, co-ordinated student support team activities, student advocacy, and transitional planning are also included in prevention work.
- Developmental
Guidance Education
Developmental guidance education programming focuses on competencies which all students should develop in order to achieve personal success and fulfillment, and to make a contribution to society. The content of developmental guidance programming includes expected student learning outcomes in three areas: personal/social development, educational development, and career development. This content is normally delivered through classroom teaching/learning units, group guidance methods, courses for credit (e.g., School-initiated Courses and Student-initiated Projects), and school-wide programs and projects.
Additionally, the activities in this component include integrated, developmental student learning outcomes, classroom-based guidance instruction and assessment, professional resources, post-secondary education and career resource materials and programs.
In Manitoba, at the present time, curriculum connections between compulsory curricula (kindergarten to grade 12) and the guidance and counselling program are located at Manitoba Sourcebook Curriculum Connections.
Examples of activities used to develop guidance-related competencies also include whole-school programs such as participation in the Career Symposia, Canada Career Week, Manitoba Addictions Awareness Week, mentorships programs, peer helper programs, and conflict mediator programs.
- Consultation,
Planning and Coordination
This component involves the administrative and management activities necessary to support the guidance and counselling program, as well as activities or services provided by school counsellors to support other guidance and educational programs of the school. This component includes consultation and collaboration with parents and community agencies and other support services, staff development, research, budgeting, community relations, and program evaluation.
Also included are activities related to program management and operations, data-informed decision-making, advocacy for guidance-related classroom-based learning outcomes, needs assessments, time allotments and caseload management, calendar of activities and school-based planning.
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